Women's Emergency Signalling Corps Volunteer organisation Training school formed to teach women to use telegraphic signalling, which ended up training over 12,000 servicemen and women during World War II. Milestone Formed 1939 {"name":"Formed","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1939<\/span>"},"date_start":"1939","date_end":"1939"} Dissolved 1954 {"name":"Dissolved","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1954<\/span>"},"date_start":"1954","date_end":"1954"} Position Founded by McKenzie, Violet 1939 {"name":"Founder","target":"McKenzie, Violet","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1939<\/span>"},"date_start":"1939","date_end":"1939"} Type Volunteer organisation {"name":"Volunteer organisation","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null} image image image image image image